Real Menopause Talk

Gia is a renowned and highly regarded Make-Up Artist having worked with ‘A List’ actors, models and singers, worked on editorial for the likes of Vanity Fair and Vogue as well as high profile advertising campaigns. When she discovered a staggering 75% of women are put off exercise for fear of being judged on their appearance, she decided something had to be done. She created Skin In Motion, a cruelty-free, vegan skin care and make-up line designed specifically to stay put during exercise and for Menopause. “It just gives you that little boost of confidence.” Gia is offering 20% off all products (what a treat!) which are not only great in themselves, but come beautifully packaged and will make you smile. Simply go to https://skininmotion.com and use code REAL20 at the checkout. But hurry as the offer expires 11/02/22 :-) And go to Instagram for top tips: @skin.in.motion Skin In Motion is a Founding Partner of GenM who we interviewed in Season 1, Ep17

Outside of Instagram, Lotti is a mother of two, a wife and works in safeguarding in a secondary school. Inside Instagram, she documents her experiences of Perimenopause with great candour and humour. In this Episode, she shares the fear she felt when, out of the blue, her mind was filled with dark and intrusive thoughts; it was tough and upsetting because she couldn’t rationalise anything about these thoughts, why they were there or where they had come from. Lotti details how she combatted these and the many other Perimenopause symptoms. Check her out on Instagram: @moodswingsandotherthings She’s the hilarious friend you need at this time of life :-)

Julie works independently and alongside Sarah Davison who you may remember as our homeopath from Season 1’s Episode 15. Julie’s first symptoms of Perimenopause were night sweats but when she went to her GP, he told her that his wife also had those and he was going to send her for a chest x-ray. She tells us where she went from there. Julie shares her professional tips for how to manage Menopause well, why all the food groups are good for us and she has a surprising hack for restoring your energy. You can find Julie on Instagram: @NutriTherapi

Benvon is a skilled COO and mother of three. She tells us of her deeply intense years of Perimenopause when she was entirely unaware of what was happening to her. She felt as though she was genuinely losing her mind and became so ill that she even feared she was dying. When she finally sought help, the doctor discovered a complete lack of oestrogen in her body and she was then gradually able to come back to herself, her life and her family. She is an advocate for talking about Menopause and its wide range of symptoms and for supporting women of this life stage as we are a terrific talent pool and not to be ignored!

Karen Arthur is a Fashion Creative and podcast host of Menopause Whilst Black, she is also a mum, a grandmother and creator of Wear Your Happy ® In this first Episode of Season 2, she shares with us how she went from a busy, fulfilling and dynamic career as a teacher to closing herself off due to the onset of Menopause and addresses what it is to be Black and Menopausal. To get her through, she gave herself the greatest gift she could have done at this time: therapy. Karen decided she would “curate a life I love” which has lead her to all the things that fill her life currently and you can see all the vibrant beauty for yourself on her pages and sites. Take a look!

Lisa is a skilled Entrepreneur and mother. She leads a busy, fun life and believes we all have to have more fun! Her experience of Perimenopause has been a very uncomfortable series of urinary tract infections which lead her to through investigation of causes and treatments. She is a true advocate of taking care of your vaginal and gut flora as it can truly impact your quality of life. Vaginal dryness is nothing to be ashamed about, it is just a physical symptom that can be looked after. “One minute you’re fine, then all of a sudden it’s like a desert! We need to talk about this more because it is so important and all part of women’s health.”

Lily is a Registered Nutritionist and works predominantly in London. She has first hand experience of medicine is food, curing herself through nutrition from chronic psoriasis when she was a child. She supports her clients through the right foods, being an advocate for the Mediterranean diet as a broad protocol, and through supplementation. Lily talks us through the key foundations to good health especially through Peri to Post Menopause. You can find her at https://lilysoutternutrition.com  

Janice is a vibrant, successful, active working mother of two. Born in the UK, she lived in America growing up and is now back in the UK. She had intense joint pain to the point where it was difficult for her to walk far, her periods were so intense she would barely leave home for these few days and she experienced immense fatigue. All of this began to make sense when she discovered she had zero sex hormones in her blood stream. She tells us how she coped, where she is at now and how she sees her future.

Two pioneers of the Menopause Revolution, Sam Simister & Heather Jackson tell us their personal experiences and how that lead to the birth of GenM. They are leading the way for companies and individuals to recognise Menopause and the 15.5million women in the UK plus millions more around the world who feel underserved and actually holding these companies to account to take action. This is about collaboration, for everyone from the individual, to the company to the consumer and all genders to get the very most out of the Menopausal woman and all that she has to offer. Listen in to find out how we can all do more to revitalise and normalise this life phase and go to https://gen-m.com  

Kimberly was born in the mid-West in the US and currently lives in California. She is mother to two sons and a daughter, writes a blog and went to college whilst home-schooling her daughter and working full time. Having come to Perimenopause completely unaware and unprepared, she found the symptoms both baffling and challenging until she decided to use Google as her best friend and teacher. This process shone a light so bright on her life that she had to address things she had long tried to bury and with this she found healing and her silver lining. She speaks kindly and compassionately so that other women may be prepared. “Give yourself a little grace…or a lot of grace at this time.”